New research shows why you don’t need to be perfect to get the job done

Building compact behavioral programs. (A) Top: The space of strategies for solving a task can be large, with many strategies achieving reasonably good performance. Bottom line: Studying relationships between strategies can provide insight into behavioral variability across animals and tasks. (B) General task configuration: An animal makes inferences about hidden properties of the environment to … Read more

A millionaire banker filmed himself punching a woman at a Brooklyn Pride event, leaving his job

The millionaire investment banker who punched a woman in the face during a Pride event in Brooklyn earlier this month has resigned from his job, the company said Monday. Jonathan Kaye, head of the global business services franchise at Moelis & Co. based in Manhattan, was caught punching the anti-Israel protester in Park Slope on … Read more

29-Year-Old Ex-Bartender Landed $100,000 Job With No Degree By Ignoring This Career Advice

Hannah Maruyama says she wouldn’t be as happy — or successful — at work as she is now if she’d followed any of the career advice she was given in her teens and 20s. Her teachers told her she “wouldn’t get far” without going to college and getting a bachelor’s degree. Friends warned him not … Read more